UAL to cut capacity by 50% for April
03-16-2020, 08:32 AM
#21
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Originally Posted by UAL T38 Phlyer
Knock off the politics and stick to the reality of:
1. 50% capacity cut.
2. Likely load factors at 20-30% DESPITE the capacity cuts.
3. Obvious gestures by Management and Union to prep us for the worst.
4. Consideration of the effect if normal travel patterns by the public do not resume by Fall.
Keep the politics out of it.
1. 50% capacity cut.
2. Likely load factors at 20-30% DESPITE the capacity cuts.
3. Obvious gestures by Management and Union to prep us for the worst.
4. Consideration of the effect if normal travel patterns by the public do not resume by Fall.
Keep the politics out of it.
03-16-2020, 09:15 AM
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It will be interesting to see how much of this reduction is mainline vs regional. Will we see our older fleets like the 756 get retired early or parked for a while? Will the company decide that 50 seat jets are more desirable now, or will they be parked while the bigger rj’s handle the reduced regional feed? It’s going to be a wild ride. An ugly one too
03-16-2020, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by 89Pistons
I hate to point fingers but your mindset is more of the problem. Not the media. Your mindset made others have a false sense of security and left us unprepared
and willing to realize the warnings that were staring us on the face. Scram.
and willing to realize the warnings that were staring us on the face. Scram.
Unprepared for what????? Omg you guys are hysterical. Climb in a hole. There are hardly any deaths with this virus. People are paranoid of a mild fever. If your old stay home and isolate yourself.
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03-16-2020, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Itsajob
It will be interesting to see how much of this reduction is mainline vs regional. Will we see our older fleets like the 756 get retired early or parked for a while? Will the company decide that 50 seat jets are more desirable now, or will they be parked while the bigger rj’s handle the reduced regional feed? It’s going to be a wild ride. An ugly one too
In other news the flowback to second year pay at a regional won't be worth a damn because that clause is fighting the previous war, when regionals were growing.
Our only hope at mainline is that United takes this opportunity to consolidate like Delta has done, shedding the regionals. That may be the less expensive option. I don't know. If they furlough past March 2016 they have to reconfigure 76 seaters for 70 seats and maybe that will play into the decision.
03-16-2020, 02:03 PM
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Have a friend who started class today at Delta. They have one more class scheduled on the 23rd. Said they had a flight ops briefing that was fairly optimistic all things considered. Don’t shoot he messenger, just passing on what he has told me.
03-16-2020, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Bpcrate
Unprepared for what????? Omg you guys are hysterical. Climb in a hole. There are hardly any deaths with this virus. People are paranoid of a mild fever. If your old stay home and isolate yourself.
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You might want to read some more....
Coronavirus Death Toll
7,140 deaths7,140 people have died so far from the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak as of March 16, 2020, 22:40 GMT.
There are currently 182,240 confirmed cases in 162 countries and territories . The fatality rate is still being assessed.
https://www.worldometers.info/corona...us-death-toll/
Its just getting going in the US. But the death rate in Italy is now over 7 percent.
Anthony Fauci seems to think that this may be a big deal.
ABC’s Jonathan Karl asked Fauci on “This Week” about the New York Times report on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) worst-case projections. The CDC reportedly predicted 160 million to 214 million infections, 2.4 million to 21 million hospitalizations and 200,000 to 1.7 million deaths in the country.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-...of-things-that
I dunno. Seems to me the guys I fly with know a lot more. Happy for that.
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